4/16/26- Happy Thursday!!
Word of the day-contraband-items seized from the enemy during wartime
Quote of the day- “Education begins the gentlemen, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”-John Locke
1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1962– Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America".
Birthdays:
1949 – Ann Romney, First Lady of Massachusetts, wife of American presidential nominee Mitt Romney
1965 – Jon Cryer, American actor
1965 – Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Today in-
Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 12 section 1 notes. ’Black Americans in the civil war-Black American history’. Chapter 12 vocabulary -Due Thursday 4/16/26. Chapter 11 notes-Due Monday 4/20/26.
